This week in humanities, we continued exploring the idea of "home," and by extension immigration, by examining the following guiding questions:
We used a variety of resources to help us with this, all aimed at grounding our examination of immigration policies in Canada in an understanding of the human side of the story. We started by digging into what the word "home" means to us, then, I asked students to consider our first guiding question more closely:
We the moved onto inquiring into our guiding questions using a variety of resources such as a short story, an interactive documentary, and a read aloud of a novel.
Why would someone leave their home?
Where do they go when they leave? (What is the journey like?)
What is it like for them when they arrive?
We used a variety of resources to help us with this, all aimed at grounding our examination of immigration policies in Canada in an understanding of the human side of the story. We started by digging into what the word "home" means to us, then, I asked students to consider our first guiding question more closely:
We the moved onto inquiring into our guiding questions using a variety of resources such as a short story, an interactive documentary, and a read aloud of a novel.
When intentional use of technology allows for deeper inquiry, it is “actually kind of interesting” & “different...good.” High praise from grade 9s. 😉 @connectcharter pic.twitter.com/eqHsX2aQgT— Jaime Groeller (@missg_teaches) February 22, 2019